The X Files

"As pure movie, The X-Files more or less works. As a story, it needs a sequel, a prequel, and Cliff Notes."

"The... film strains to involve as many familiar elements as possible."

"(It is) essentially a supersize episode that ignores a slew of fifth-season developments and adds yet another monster to the mix, one that owes a striking debt to ALIEN."

"The X-Files does offer a bunch of old-fashioned, visceral pleasures."

"The film awkwardly attempts to fill in five years’ worth of back story..."

"Those who have never seen the series may be at a loss to fathom the appeal of the Duchovny-Anderson duo."

"David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are enormously sympathetic heroes."

"(It) serves up set-pieces and a measure of scope that are beyond TV size but remain rather underwhelming by feature standards."

"As a movie, The X-Files is studiously lurid and watchable hokum, but that’s all it is."

"Martin Landau is wonderful as a "man who knows too much.""